They admit they have no proof right in the big scary headlines: US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan Iran paid bounties for targeting US troops, intelligence reportedly suggests Since when do the Haqqanis...
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News Roundup 7/28/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 28, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The second Covid stimulus will be at least $1 trillion. [Link] Over the past eight years, Rite Aid has installed cameras equipped with facial recognition software in 200 of its stores. The facial recognition software is tied to the Chinese government. [Link]...
Pentagon Admits There Is No Corroboration of ‘Bountygate’ Claims
by Jason Ditz | Jul 9, 2020 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Continuing the allegation of Russian bounty payments to Taliban to kill U.S. troops, Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley both told the House Armed Services Committee that they’ve seen no corroboration of the claim, nor do they...
More Regarding The Latest Russiaphobia
by Steven Woskow | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog
Lee Camp makes the same point as Sheldon. Why pay for what you can get for free. We could talk about the context of the fact that the Taliban does not need to be paid to kill American soldiers because their entire goal for the past twenty years has been to kill...
WSJ: NSA Says Russian Bounties Story is False
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2020 | Blog
Journal: "The National Security Agency strongly dissented from other intelligence agencies’ assessment that Russia paid bounties for the killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter. "The disclosure of the dissent by the NSA,...
Is Trump’s Afghan “Peace Agreement” Working?
by Kyle Anzalone | May 6, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #488, I discuss the US-Taliban "peace agreement." The agreement has brought a reduction in violence between the US and the Taliban. Overall the violence between the Taliban and US-supported Afghan government rages. In the first three months of the year, Taliban...
News Roundup 4/9/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 9, 2020 | News Roundup
US News Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race. [Link] Los Angeles requires people to wear masks when shopping. [Link] The US will seize all personal protective equipment that someone attempts to export. [Link] Hospitals are accusing the federal government...
News Roundup 4/7/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 7, 2020 | News Roundup
US News The US daily output dropped 29% since the first week of March. [Link] The Secretary of the Navy gave a speech to the crew of the USS T Roosevelt slamming the recently fired captain of the ship. The secretary is receiving a lot of backlash and calls to resign....
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The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Jim Webb: Commies or Trump? Who Is a Threat to the American Dream
Calling everything “communism” might win a news cycle, but it doesn’t explain why so many Americans feel the ladder to a stable life is disappearing. Kyle sits down with Jim Webb to sort propaganda from incentives, starting with Trump’s warnings about socialist...
Rules for Radicals: The Genesis of Tactic Proxy w/John Weeks
John and I continue reading and commentary on Rules for Radicals
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Larry Johnson: Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Nightmare
A ceasefire memo is supposed to stop wars, not rename them. We start with the weekend’s flashpoint in the Strait of Hormuz and ask a blunt question: if the MOU bans initiating military operations and the threat or use of force, how do we end up with drone attacks,...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Will Iran Force the US Out of the Middle East?
Tucker Carlson saying “I’m out” on the Republican Party is not just a headline, it is a stress test for how American voters think about loyalty, war, and who our politics actually serves. I walk through why his break is landing with millions of people, how Israel and...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: The White House Spin
Something big is shifting in the Middle East, and you can hear it in the gap between what US officials say publicly and what regional actors are doing quietly. We walk through the latest reporting and remarks around Iran, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and a...
The Kyle Anzalone Show guest Dave DeCamp: Israel First Republicans Are Turning on Trump
Trump says Iran is “being very nice” and “agreeing to everything,” but that sales pitch doesn’t survive contact with the actual reporting. We sit down with Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp to sort out what the US Iran memorandum of understanding seems to concede, why both...











